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Elders Home Loans

Katrina Parrington

I am a long term Centralian resident with more than 18 years experience in the financial services industry. Initially, in Real Estate in Adelaide before pursuing a career with Elders Insurance Alice Springs and lending roles with major banking institutions where I gained extensive experience in Home Loans and Commercial Lending here in the Alice and in Darwin.

I have a unique set of skills that ensures I understand your lending needs and can provide you with professional advice and personal service.

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Katrina Parrington Wins Top Broker Award

The winner of the MFAA Achievement Award for 2010 is Katrina Parrington from Elders Home Loans - Alice Springs.
The Achievement Award recognises the best broker in Australia in business less than 4 years.

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Knowledge is power when it comes to negotiating the best deal possible for your mortgage!

Do your homework and be definite about what you do or don’t need your mortgage to do. Packages are offered across the banks with interest rate discounts based on borrowing volumes and sometimes LVR’s (loan to value ratio’s which simply is debt divided by the value of your property) the lower the ratio generally the stronger the deal.

Get a strong understanding of your current lending needs and the type/s of loans you currently hold ie. variable or fixed. Consider your future lending/investment needs – be honest with yourself clarify your potential lending needs and develop an accurate and complete financial picture.

If you are uncomfortable wrangling with the bank get your local lending professional to do it for you,

Mortgage Brokers work across all of the banks and have this information at their fingertips. Any Broker worth their salt should be negotiating the best deal possible for their client as a matter of business.

At the end of the day you need to present your lending needs in the best possible light. Amplify your strengths, highlight strong income, good equity, clean account conduct these are all positives for the bank and for you. Make it clear that if your bank is not prepared to negotiate you will move your business to a bank that is prepared to work with you.

And, yes there are costs in refinancing – some banks will assist a client with these costs to make refinancing existing lending easier should your current bank refuse to assist. If the reimbursement of costs is not available do your numbers to ensure you’re making the best move before you jump.

Don’t accept advertised rates, scour the market, research what other financial institutions are offering and armed with this knowledge bargain with your bank.

You don’t get what you don’t ask for is the motto I go by and generally I can shave up to 1% or more off the banks advertised rate armed with knowledge and a bit of negotiation.

Dear Katrina,I’ve written this recommendation of your work to share with other LinkedIn users.

Details of the Recommendation: “We have now used Katrina 3 times and have never considered going anywhere else even though we moved away from Alice Springs. If you want to work with someone you trust Katrina is the one for you.” Service Category: Financial AdvisorYear first hired: 2010Top Qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity